KFSD

KFSD AM 1450 is a country music radio station based in North County, San Diego, California. It is owned and operated by Astor Broadcast Group. From 2004 until February 1, 2007, KFSD was a classical music radio station. KFSD stands for "FM of San Diego," dating from when it was an FM classical music station, broadcasting from the top of Mount Soledad. At that time, its 100 kW transmitter was the most powerful in the area. While KFSD primarily played classical music, it presented a complete range of broadcasting items: news, traffic reports, and stock market reports. While KFSD had a good solid audience, it depended primarily upon locally-owned businesses for advertising revenues and, when many of those companies were bought out by national chains, the radio station was financially strangled. The KFSD call letters were previously used on KOGO AM 600, as well as Channel 10, San Diego's ABC television affiliate. In the 1950s, these three broadcasters were all operated by the same company; their call letters were changed as a result of a corporate breakup.